Tim Kadlec writes about a discovery…
Tim Kadlec writes about a discovery that is disturbing. He scanned 5,000 of the top Alexa URLs, and, “76.6% of them include at least one vulnerable JavaScript library.”
Tim Kadlec writes about a discovery that is disturbing. He scanned 5,000 of the top Alexa URLs, and, “76.6% of them include at least one vulnerable JavaScript library.”
Matt Mullenweg has just completed the 2015 State of the Word, the annual speech where he highlights the last year of everything WordPress and what we can anticipate in the future.
How can WordPress attract and retain more contributors? How can we assess and improve contributors, leaders, governance, transparency, discourse, and diversity in this dynamic community? Jordi Cabot proposes making research into these areas as a part of WordPress.org’s Five for the Future program.
Karolina Szczur explains how to get started with web performance by breaking down the most important performance metrics. 🚄 JavaScript is one of the main obstacles, according to Karolina: “Avoiding long-running tasks and blocking the JavaScript main thread is one of the most critical performance strategies to employ.”
Scott Bolinger talks to me about headless WordPress, JAMstack, APIs, and the state of the indie developer in the WordPress landscape.
If you have been interested in the JavaScript for WP course, administered by Zac Gordon, then now is the time to sign up. The course has been under development for several months, and is now available for registration. The course is set to be at least four parts: Part 1: JavaScript Part 2: Libraries and…
Chris Wiegman explains how to create a minimal WordPress theme “in the era of Gutenberg” with three key focus points: No JavaScript should be needed on the front end. CSS should be limited to a single stylesheet and strive to be as minimal as possible. Remove all non-essential assets such as fonts, images, and comments….